This week join Jonathan as he drags Steve kicking and screaming down the rabbit hole that is Jonathan’s fascination with Jim Henson. They discuss the cancellation of the most recent network iteration of The Muppets. Steve sees them merely as a useful educational tool made of felt, while Jonathan reads so much more into it. They also briefly connect it to Disney’s recent buying spree of intellectual property.

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Jane and Jim Henson on Sam and Friends

Jim and Kermit are interviewed by Johnny

Gilda Radner interacts with Henson’s creations on SNL.

Kermit guest hosts the Tonight Show

Jim Henson’s Storyteller (1988)

August 28, 1989 Michael Eisner of Disney and Jim Henson

Disney released this image when Jim Henson passed away.

(L-R) Walt Disney Studios president Rich Ross, Lisa Henson, CEO of The Jim Henson Company, and her brother Brian Henson, chairman of The Jim Henson Company

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